Photoshop for Designers: Type Essentials

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Free Online Course: Photoshop for Designers: Type Essentials provided by LinkedIn Learning is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 1-2 hours worth of material. The course is taught in English and is free of charge. Upon completion of the course, you can receive an e-certificate from LinkedIn Learning. Photoshop for Designers: Type Essentials is taught by Nigel French.

Overview
  • Explore the fundamental concepts and techniques for working with type in Photoshop.

Syllabus
  • Introduction

    • Welcome
    1. Getting Set Up
    • Setting type in Photoshop
    • Missing fonts
    • Create workspace
    2. Choosing and Entering Text in Photoshop
    • Type anatomy
    • Entering, selecting, and moving type
    • Choosing fonts
    • Point type and paragraph type
    • Returns and breaks
    • Sizing type
    • Point size and resolution
    • Vertical type
    • Rasterizing type
    3. Working with Text
    • Working with dummy text and copy and pasting
    • Find and replace
    • Spell-checking
    • Text and anti-aliasing
    • The Glyphs panel
    • Match Font
    • Filtering type layers
    4. Formatting Text in Photoshop
    • Adding color to your type
    • Spacing type: Leading, kerning, and tracking
    • OpenType features
    • Shaping paragraphs
    • Alignment options
    • Hanging punctuation and bullets
    • Aligning as a group
    • Distributing type layers
    • Paragraph styles and character styles
    5. Simple Photoshop Type Treatments
    • Type and texture
    • Type and transparency
    • Masking type
    • Applying a gradient
    • Type and layer effects
    • Setting type on a path
    • Create warped text
    6. Evolving Technologies in Type
    • Variable type
    • Color fonts
    Conclusion
    • Goodbye